M&E Maintenance Planner Coordinator

Arla; Stourton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading dairy company in Stourton seeks an M&E Maintenance Planner Coordinator to oversee maintenance planning. This role involves coordinating maintenance activities, enhancing process effectiveness, and supporting a transformation project. Ideal candidates will have over 5 years of experience in manufacturing, strong technical knowledge, and proficiency in SAP PM or similar platforms. The position offers competitive salary, growth opportunities, and a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

26 days holiday

Matched pension contributions up to 6%

Life assurance

Flexible benefits

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in maintenance and repair processes within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work within established processes.
• Experience with digital tools and data-driven decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Planning and scheduling maintenance work orders effectively.
• Acting as site CMMS super-user and supporting data insights.
• Coordinating corrective maintenance and developing standard work instructions.

Skills

Strong technical capability

Data-driven decision-making

Stakeholder engagement

Collaboration

Education

Strong technical education in Supply Chain Management or related field

Tools

SAP PM or similar CMMS platforms

Job description

M&E Maintenance Planner Coordinator, Arla – Taw Valley Creamery (EX20 2DA)

Monday–Friday, Days

Are you ready to take ownership of maintenance planning in a fast-paced, high-performing environment?

If you thrive on structured processes, data-driven decision-making and cross-functional collaboration, this could be the perfect opportunity for you. Taw Valley Creamery is undergoing a major transformation supported by a £180 million investment — making this an especially exciting time to join our Maintenance & Engineering team.

How You Will Make An Impact

As our M&E Maintenance Planner Coordinator, you’ll play a key role in ensuring maintenance activities are planned, coordinated and executed effectively across the creamery. You’ll work closely with operations, engineering and planning teams to drive reliability, compliance and continuous improvement.

Your Key Responsibilities Will Include

• Planning and scheduling planned maintenance work orders, and preparing full work packages including labour, spare parts, tools and Control of Work requirements (permits, risk assessments, LOTO)
• Acting as the site CMMS (SAP PM) super‑user, maintaining master data and supporting pilot projects and user upskilling
• Coordinating deferred corrective maintenance and supporting improvement projects across Maintenance & Utilities
• Developing standard work instructions and procedures, and facilitating data analysis sessions to provide insights to the M&E leadership team and LCO Core team
• Supporting the MRO Coordinator in optimising spare‑part utilisation and contributing to M&E financial processes

This role sits within the Maintenance & Engineering team at Taw Valley Creamery.

What Will Make You Successful

You’ll bring strong technical capability, a structured mindset and the ability to work confidently with data, systems and cross‑functional teams. You’ll be comfortable working within established processes while also identifying opportunities to improve them.

To succeed in this role, you will have a strong technical education in Supply Chain Management or a related field, along with 5+ years’ experience in maintenance and repair processes within a manufacturing or industrial environment. You’ll have experience with SAP PM or similar CMMS platforms and a passion for digital tools and data-driven decision-making. Strong communication skills, stakeholder engagement and a collaborative mindset are essential.

What do we offer?

We’re committed to your growth and development, offering internal and external training opportunities. You’ll enjoy a competitive salary, 26 days holiday, matched pension contributions up to 6%, life assurance, and flexible benefits. At Stourton, you’ll join a team proud of its high job satisfaction and steep learning curve, with plenty of challenges and support to help you succeed.

Arla Taw Valley Creamery

Taw Valley Creamery, established in 1974, is a cornerstone of UK cheese production. The site processes around 1.2 million litres of milk every day, producing over 100 tonnes of award-winning cheeses including BOB and Castello Tickler, as well as butter and whey powder. The creamery is soon to receive a £180 million investment to build a new mozzarella production facility — the second-largest single investment in Arla Foods UK.

Would you like to join us?

If you want to make an impact and help shape the future of dairy, apply as soon as possible. We process applications on a continuous basis and will close recruitment once the right candidate is found.

For additional information, please contact Chris Wakefield at [e-mail]

We have a purpose for Good

At Arla, we strive to unlock the highest potential in each other while working together to create a sustainable future of dairy. We call it Stronger People Stronger Planet and it is deeply anchored in our organisation and founded on our commitment to respecting human rights, increasing access to healthy dairy nutrition, inspiring good food habits, and improving the environment for future generations. In order to succeed we need to hire people with a sustainable mindset. Could this be you?

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